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1. Which one of the following words is an iamb?

A. JoAnne B. Rachel C. Sally

D. Alice

2. Which one of the poems you've read has the rhyme scheme AA BB CC . . . ?

A. "Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds"

B. "Trees"

C. "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"

D. "The Long Voyage"

3. What is the most probable reason that rhyme and repetition first found their ways into poems?

A. They were written for the upper class.

B. The poems were easier to remember and pass on.

C. People wanted a beat they could dance to.

D. Heroes in epics tended to talk that way.

4. "Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds" is an example of which type of poem?

A. Discursive B. Narrative C. Descriptive D. Dramatic

5. Which one of the poems you've read uses the words floats, fluttering, and dancing?

A. "I Wandered Lonely as a Cloud"

B. "The Long Voyage"

C. "Shall I Compare Thee to a Summer's Day?"

D. "Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds"

6. Who are the "fools" mentioned in the poem "Trees"?

A. Poets

B. Gods

C. Trees

D. Robins

7. When a poet wishes to use figurative language, he or she will use words that are

A. ambiguous.

B. only denotative.

C. both connotative and denotative.

D. only connotative.

8. The line "A tree whose hungry mouth is prest" is an example of iambic

A. pentameter. B. tetrameter. C. trimeter.

D. dimeter.

9. The phrase "mid-May" is an example of

A. assonance. B. consonance. C. metaphor.

D. alliteration.

10. Which line best illustrates alliteration?

A. Thus Henry wrested gain from despair

B. And sings a solitary song

C. Precision slices narrow corridors of contentment

D. Cluck and pluck gave Hattie luck

11. Values of a Romantic poet include

A. community and civilization.

B. order and authority.

C. nature and individualism.

D. law and tradition.

12. Among early epic poems, is the story of a man who searches out a beloved friend in the land of the dead.

A. The Odyssey B. Gilgamesh C. Beowulf

D. The Iliad

13. The way Cowley uses the phrase "my own country" is an example of

A. personification.

B. simile.

C. repetition.

D. consonance.

14. Scan this line from Cowley's poem: "its hills bent low within my reach." How many feet does this line contain?

A. 5

B. 4

C. 7

D. 6

15. Study the following lines:

If this be error and upon me proved, I never writ, nor no man ever loved.

These lines are an example of a/an

A. quatrain. B. couplet. C. octet.

D. sestet.

16. The line "I wandered lonely as a cloud" is an example of

A. a simile. B. a couplet. C. alliteration.

D. a metaphor.

17. The repeated use of the "o" sound in "A host, of golden daffodils" is called

A. alliteration. B. assonance. C. consonance. D. rhyme.

18. Emphasizing the importance of order, law, discipline, and tradition is typical of literature.

A. Classical B. dramatic C. Romantic D. discursive

19. As we find with most songs, in poetry

A. meanings are hidden in imprecise words.

B. each couplet must rhyme.

C. sound and content have equal weight.

D. there's no specific point of view.

20. During the Romantic period, poets placed an emphasis on

A. hierarchy.

B. nature.

C. order.

D. discipline.

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Exam: 700820RR - Poetry, Part 2

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Questions 1 to 20: Select the best answer to each question. Note that a question and its answers may be split across a page break, so be sure that you have seen the entire question and all the answers before choosing an answer.

1. In the poem "God's Grandeur," the phrase "nor can foot feel, being shod" means

A. humans are out of touch with nature.

B. the earth is home for humans.

C. the poet can sense God from head to toe.

D. God cures all pain.

2. One difference between the English sonnet and the Italian sonnet is its

A. theme.

B. rhyme scheme.

C. meter.

D. subject matter.

3. Which poet, who seems be using iambic pentameter, bends the meter most?

A. Emma Lazarus

B. John Donne

C. Gerard Manley Hopkins

D. Emily Dickinson

4. Which one of the following poems depends heavily on the use of allusion for effect?

A. "Grass"

B. "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night"

C. "Death, Be Not Proud"

D. "God's Grandeur"

5. Hopkins's use of "seared," "bleared," and "smeared" is an example of

A. assonance.

B. simile.

C. alliteration.

D. metaphor.

6. The theme of the poem "Richard Cory" is that

A. Richard Cory was a victim of fate.

B. a person's inner reality is often hidden.

C. surface glitter may be fool's gold.

D. money can't buy love.

7. A tercet is a

A. complex rhyme scheme.

B. three-line stanza.

C. literary genre.

D. figure of speech.

8. In the poem "God's Grandeur," we find the words reck and rod. By analysis we can determine that the word rod probably comes from the Bible and means

A. a tool of correction.

B. God's power.

C. God's wrath.

D. a principle of ethics.

9. A villanelle is

A. a type of complex sonnet.

B. a favorite technique of John Donne.

C. a formal poem using extensive repetition.

D. a narrative poem written in blank verse.

10. In Donne's sonnet, what does the phrase "one short sleep past" mean?

A. Death is more permanent than sleep.

B. Death is unavoidable.

C. Death, like a nap, isn't permanent.

D. Death comes sooner than expected.

11. The form of the poem "God's Grandeur" is that of

A. blank verse.

B. an Italian sonnet. C. an English sonnet. D. a villanelle.

12. A theological argument offered by Donne in "Death Be Not Proud" may be summarized as

A. life is illusion.

B. the human essence is immortal.

C. chance and fate rule all.

D. death cannot be overcome.

13. In "Do Not Go Gentle into That Good Night," Dylan Thomas's phrase "wild men" describes

A. people who deny death.

B. people who embrace death.

C. those who trade dignity for madness.

D. those who celebrate life.

14. In "Death, Be Not Proud," the speaker is addressing his words to

A. his father. B. an old man. C. Death.

D. God.

15. Emily Dickinson's poetry was rescued for posterity by

A. a cleric from Boston.

B. her secret lover.

C. her sister.

D. the residents of Amherst.

16. What type of poem is "Death, Be Not Proud"?

A. Descriptive B. Reflective C. Discursive D. Narrative

17. Who is the speaker in Sandburg's "Grass"?

A. The grass

B. A passenger C. A conductor D. Napoleon

18. To paraphrase a poem means to

A. summarize its theme.

B. determine the rhyme scheme.

C. analyze the meter.

D. rewrite it in one's own words.

19. Beyond tone, a poet's attitude toward his or her subject reveals to us a poem's

A. diction. B. subject. C. theme.

D. structure.

20. In her poem, "The New Colossus," Emma Lazarus identifies the Statue of Liberty with

A. the Colossus of Rhodes.

B. a mother.

C. Old World tyranny.

D. wretchedness.

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Nonfiction

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1. Thoreau's night in jail for tax delinquency resulted specifically from

A. his revulsion and disgust over the U.S. invasion of Mexico.

B. a decision to act on his belief that least government was best government.

C. having moved his place of residence from Concord to Walden Pond.

D. the publication of his work Civil Disobedience.

2. At first, Sojourner Truth was happy to have many children because

A. it took her mind off her problems.

B. they could help her with her daily tasks.

C. it provided more slaves for her owner.

D. they were the only things that gave her joy.

3. A grandson of the slave master John Ardinburgh declared that a "good funeral" for Bomefree would include a jug of whiskey. Sojourner Truth saw the jug as offering

A. sin over atonement.

B. too little too late.

C. mere hypocrisy.

D. an opiate for slaves.

4. In "Life without Principle," Thoreau writes, "I would have had him deal with his privatest experience, as the poet does." What does this statement mean?

A. Courtrooms are places where people traditionally lie.

B. People should speak from their hearts and say what's on their minds.

C. People talk only about trivial things.

D. Speeches should employ figurative (poetic) language to get their points across.

5. Matthias is an example of a/an

A. cult leader.

B. runaway slave.

C. typical slave owner.

D. pagan god.

6. Sojourner's vision of God is an example of a/an

A. exterior narrative.

B. myth.

C. epiphany.

D. simile.

7. Thoreau believes that people should work because

A. it will give them time to think about important things.

B. it will keep them out of trouble.

C. they love what they do.

D. God said so in the Bible.

8. As in Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown," the autobiographical story of Sojourner Truth is written on all of these levels, except

A. interior narrative. B. dramatic narrative. C. social commentary.

D. exterior commentary.

9. The Narrative of Sojourner Truth was written down by

A. Isabella Baumfree.

B. Charles Ardinburgh.

C. Robert Matthews (Matthias).

D. Olive Gilbert.

10. "Yonder sky has wept tears of compassion" is an example of

A. alliteration. B. assonance. C. consonance.

D. personification.

11. The religious revivals of nineteenth-century America included people who became very excited, claiming that God spoke to them directly. These people were called

A. literalists.

B. enthusiasts.

C. revivalists.

D. Bible beacons.

12. Thoreau writes that people should be "mining themselves for gold." By this he is stating, in another way, the ideal of Socrates, which was to

A. deny thyself to learn what is valuable.

B. know thyself.

C. put first things first.

D. live and let live.

13. What does Seattle say about integrating white and Native American cultures?

A. It can be prevented only if the tribes unite to fight the whites.

B. It's going to be difficult, but it's the only way both cultures can survive.

C. It will be impossible, because the two traditions are too different.

D. It will happen naturally when the railroads open the West to the whites.

14. Thoreau writes, "When our lives cease to be inward and private, conversation degenerates" to become

A. a fantasy about a fiction.

B. mindless and sterile.

C. mere gossip.

D. seeking an advantage over others.

15. What did Thoreau have in common with John Thornton in The Call of the Wild?

A. A dislike of government

B. A love of hunting

C. An enjoyment of solitude

D. A mistrust of religion

16. For Sojourner Truth, deciding which parts of Scripture came from those who wrote the Bible, and not from God, depended on

A. the authority of theologians. B. her mother's Bible lessons. C. her inner witness.

D. her feelings about slavery.

17. When Tecumseh says, "Where today is the Pequot? Where the Narragansetts, the Mohawks?" he is

A. implying that these tribes aren't as brave as their reputations suggest.

B. boasting that his tribe had conquered these tribes and can do the same to the whites.

C. indicating what happens to tribes that don't unite against the whites.

D. asking why all the tribes haven't come to the council.

18. Tecumseh's "Let the white race perish" speech is

A. a satire on the white race and its traditions.

B. a plea to the people's reason.

C. a logical list of reasons why the whites should be resisted.

D. an appeal to the emotions of his listeners.

19. In "Life without Principle," Thoreau writes, "If my wants should be much increased, the labor required to supply them would become a drudgery." What does this statement mean?

A. Work is meaningful only when you think about what you'll be able to do with the money you earn.

B. The more you have, the more you want.

C. Slavery was wrong because it meant that some people worked hard to satisfy other people's wants.

D. If you don't want much, you don't have to spend as much time being miserable working to get it.

20. The statement "There was snow on the ground, . . . and a large old-fashioned sleigh was seen to drive up to the door of the late Col. Ardinburgh" is an example of

A. exterior narrative. B. social commentary. C. interior monologue. D. metaphor.

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Drama

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1. Dramatic irony means that

A. everything works out in the end.

B. things are going to end very badly for someone.

C. the audience knows something the character or characters don't.

D. the cosmos, state, family, and individual follow the same pattern.

2. One difference between tragedy and comedy is that tragedy

A. usually features an extraordinary hero.

B. uses supernatural elements.

C. uses metaphor and analogy to make its point.

D. makes us laugh at ourselves, not others.

3. In act 3, who says the following lines to Bottom?

A. Puck

Out of this wood do not desire to go:

Thou shalt remain here, whether thou wilt or no. I am a spirit of no common rate.

B. Cobweb C. Oberon D. Titania

4. Humanists believe that

A. humans and animals existed on the same level.

B. Shakespeare didn't actually write the plays we think he did.

C. life on earth is important in its own right.

D. love is an illusion.

5. Read the following passage from act 3, scene 2.

So we grew together,

Like to a double cherry, seeming parted, But yet an union in partition;

In this passage, Helena is referring both to herself and to

A. Titania. B. Hermia. C. Oberon.

D. Lysander.

6. In act 5, why does Hippolyta believe the lovers' story of their time in the forest?

A. She wants to defend the lovers.

B. The lovers' stories all match.

C. She wants to oppose Egeus.

D. She believes the women because she's a queen.

7. Who speaks the line "Lord, what fools these mortals be"?

A. Cobweb

B. Puck

C. Oberon

D. Mustardseed

8. Who says "The course of true love never did run smooth"?

A. Demetrius

B. Bottom

C. Titania

D. Lysander

9. To whom is Helena speaking when she says, "If you were civil and knew courtesy,/You would not do me thus much injury" (act 3, scene 2)?

A. Hermia only

B. Lysander and Demetrius

C. Hermia and Lysander

D. Demetrius and Hermia

10. Egeus wants his daughter to

A. enter a convent.

B. be executed.

C. marry Demetrius.

D. marry Lysander.

11. During the Renaissance, dramatists began writing about

A. religion.

B. history.

C. everyday people.

D. science.

12. In his comedies, Shakespeare is well known for

A. an unusual use of Middle English.

B. revealing great heroes as common fools.

C. fatally flawed characters.

D. the device of mistaken identity.

13. According to Renaissance philosophy, commoners often represent

A. love.

B. reason.

C. pride.

D. appetite.

14. Which characters exchange these lines—and in what order—in Act I, Scene 1 of A Midsummer Night's

Dream?

I frown up him, yet he loves me still.

O that your frowns would teach my smiles such skill!

A. Oberon followed by Titania B. Titania followed by Oberon C. Helena followed by Hermia D. Hermia followed by Helena

15. In A Midsummer Night's Dream, Bottom, Flute, and Snout have names that are puns on

A. malapropisms.

B. their trade or employment. C. famous people of that day. D. their physical appearance.

16. In act 1, the reader learns that Hermia's father refuses to allow her to marry Lysander. What do

Hermia and Lysander plan to do to counteract his refusal?

A. Take their case to Theseus, Duke of Athens.

B. Go together to talk to Hermia's mother.

C. Run away to be married.

D. Use a potion to convince Hermia's father.

17. Prior to the Renaissance, the human body was seen as

A. sacred dust.

B. proof that humans are "the paragon of animals."

C. a prison for the soul.

D. a beautiful thing.

18. By the Renaissance theory of correspondences, the heart of the family is the

A. grandmother

B. father

C. mother

D. grandfather

19. When are the following lines spoken?

If we shadows have offended, Think but this, and all is mended, That you have but slumber'd here, While these visions did appear.

A. At the very end of act 5

B. When Hermia and Lysander are talking

C. Right before Puck casts a spell on Bottom

D. When Theseus and Hippolyta are talking about their wedding

20. "The best in this kind are but shadows" is

A. Demetrius talking about the women he has loved in the past.

B. Titania talking about men.

C. Bottom talking about his fellow craftsmen.

D. Theseus talking about plays.

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